The Exceptional Manager

Making the Difference

Rick Delbridge, Lynda Gratton, Gerry Johnson, and The AIM Fellows

Description

Most businesses face the choice of either competing on the 'low road' of cost, or the 'high road' of innovation and value. Much the same goes for national economies and the UK is no exception. But how do businesses - and the people who manage them - go beyond the policy prescription and the easy exhortation to make that shift, to manage change and go well beyond business as usual?

This ground-breaking book - the combined insight of some of the best minds in management, grouped together in the Advanced Institute of Management Research - does just that. It presents a clear and crisp analysis of the context and the challenge; and offers managers a range of ideas on how to develop the competences, practices and values that can make a difference. It is essential reading for policy makers, analysts, academics, and managers to be who want to make a different future.

The Exceptional Manager

Making the Difference

Rick Delbridge, Lynda Gratton, Gerry Johnson, and The AIM Fellows

Author Information

Rick Delbridge, Chair in Organizational Analysis, The Business School, Cardiff University, Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice, London Business School, Gerry Johnson, Professor of Strategic Management, Graduate Business School, University of Strathclyde, and The AIM Fellows

Contributors:

Elena Antonacopoulou, GNOSIS, University of Liverpool Management School John Bessant, Cranfield School of ManagementJulian Birkinshaw, London Business School Ian Clarke, Lancaster University Management SchoolRick Delbridge, Cardiff School of BusinessMark Easterby-Smith , Lancaster University Management School Paul Edwards, Warwick Business School Sumantra GhoshalLynda Gratton, London Business SchoolRachel Griffith, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)Jonathan Haskel, Queen Mary University of London Gerard Hodgkinson, Leeds University Business SchoolChris Huxham, University of Strathclyde Graduate School of BusinessGerry Johnson, University of Strathclyde Graduate School of BusinessAndy Neely, Centre for Business Performance at Cranfield School of ManagementMari Sako, Said Business School, OxfordChris Voss, London Business SchoolGeorge Yip, London Business School

The Exceptional Manager

Making the Difference

Rick Delbridge, Lynda Gratton, Gerry Johnson, and The AIM Fellows

Reviews and Awards

"The Exceptional Manager points in the right direction." - Richard Donkin, Financial Times

"The authors get you thinking outside of the organisation, and consider the wider economic contexts in which businesses can thrive...I think those involved in transformation leadership and organisational change will find it valuable. The Exceptional Manager shows that managers at all levels within a business can make a significant difference to the success of the organisation" - PERSONNELTODAY.COM

"Many, perhaps most, management books sell success recipes - short cuts claiming to make the job simpler and easier. The twin originality of The Exceptional Manager (Oxford University Press) is that it starts from the other end, by identifying what is problematic about managing, and then fitting its advice to the context of the UK today...the book is itself both a working model of practice-led enquiry and a step towards an evidence base for UK management." - The Observer

"This book combines both clarity and good sense and will help managers to think more clearly about what they are trying to do...Managers who want to see their organisations thrive in a world of increasing global competition can learn a great deal from this book." - Business Executive